Terminology Review

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  1. During an interview, the health care provider should attempt to identify iatropic stimulus or the reason the patient seeks health care.

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  2. The duties of health care providers are established by tradition and cultural context, which are referred to as deontologic imperatives

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  3. The health care provider must respect the patient's autonomy when discussing health care issues.

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  4. Nonmaleficence refers to the concept that the health care provider does no harm to the patient.

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  5. A health care provider demonstrates utilitarianism when decisions regarding health care include appropriate use of resources for the good of the community.

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  6. A nurse who goes beyond normal expectations to ensure that an infant is receiving the care directed is demonstrating excessive beneficence

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  7. The health care provider should measure the head circumference of a baby with each visit until the age of 2 years

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  8. The SMR is a rating to determine a child's pubertal development.

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  9. The measurement used for children over 3 years old is called the Nellhaus Head Circumference Curve

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  10. A normal finding for adult stature is that the patient's sitting height is approximately half the standing height

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  11. The Dubowitz Clinical Asessment is a tool using physical and neuromuscular findings to confirm the gestational age of a newborn.

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  12. Until 2 or 3 years of age the baby's height is measured assessing recumbent length.

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  13. Gestational age is an indicator of a newborn's maturity.

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  14. A normal finding for infant stature is that the sitting height is greater than half the standing height.

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  15. Body mass index is a method used to evaluate weight-to-height ratio, by dividing the patient's weight by the height in meters squared.

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  16. The largest proportion of total energy expenditure by the body occurs as a result of resting energy expenditure.

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  17. The midarm muscle circumference is a sensitive index of protein reserves.

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  18. A person who has a loss of appetite suffers from anorexia.

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  19. Bulimia is a term that means self-induced vomiting, usually to control weight.

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  20. With endogenous obesity, there is an increase in the number of fat cells.

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  21. Bitot's spots are grayish yellow or white foamy areas seen on the sclera of the eye as a result of vitamin A deficiency.

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  22. A clinical finding caused by vitamin B6 deficiency and manifested by reddened lips and fissures at the angles of the mouth is known as cheilosis.

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  23. Anthropometrics is a group of nutritional assessment methods that includes weight for height measurement, BMI, skin fold measurement and midarm circumference.

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  24. Exogenous obesity is a condition in which an enlargement of fat cells occurs.

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  25. Lesions that run together are referred to as confluent.

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  26. A newborn infant with acrocyanosis has cyanosis to the hands and feet.

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  27. A lesion with a net-like or lacy arrangement is documented as reticulate.

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  28. The health care provider notes that a patient has hair loss. This is documented as alopecia.

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  29. While lying on her side, a newborn infant develops a pink color on the dependent lower half of the body, whereas the top half is pale. The finding is known as Harlequin color change.

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  30. Stellate refers to a star-shaped lesion.

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  31. A newborn infant develops a pink papular rash with vesicles on the back and thorax 36 hours after birth. This is known as erythema toxicum.

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  32. Lesions that appear widely distributed or in several areas at the same time are considered generalized in distribution.

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  33. Lesions that appear to occur in a wavy line are referred to as serpiginous.

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  34. A lesion that forms a ring around a clear center of normal skin is referred to as annular.

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  35. A deep bluish-gray pigmentation on the sacral aspect of a newborn is referred to as Mongolian spots.

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  36. Scar tissue that has hypertrophied is referred to an a(n) keloid.

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  37. Morbilliform refers to maculopapular lesions that become confluent on the face and body

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  38. A mole is also known as a(n) nevus.

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  39. Ecchymosis is a contusion or a bruise.

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  40. Telandiectatic nevi is a type of lesion also known as "stork bites."

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  41. A lesion that follows a nerve or segment of the body is referred to as dermatomal.

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  42. A fluid-filled, elevated, but superficial skin lesion describes a(n) vesicle.

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  43. Telangiectasias is a type of lesion characterized by dilated blood vessels with the lesion.

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  44. Petechiae are tiny, flat, purple or red spots on the skin surface, resulting from minute hemorrhages within the dermal layer.

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  45. A newborn infant may develop cutis marmorate when exposed to decreased temperature.

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  46. A patient with psoriasis will have a type of skin lesion known as plaque.

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  47. A snapping sensation with the scalp is firmly palpated behind the ears of an infant is an indication of craniotabes

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  48. An hour after delivery, a hematoma is noted under the scalp of an infant. This is documented as a cephalhematoma.

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  49. A child with an unusually small head in relation to the rest of the body is said to have microcephaly.

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  50. Goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland.

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